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1. A political stalemate in Greece is rattling¹ financial markets worldwide. It comes more than a week after elections gave no party a majority in parliament. Greeks are furious over the handling of their financial crisis and severe austerity measures imposed in exchange for two massive international bailouts.

2. President Barack Obama tells graduates of a women's college that they and their generation will lead the country to better days. Obama was the commencement speaker at Barnard college, a private women school in New York.

3. California governor Jerry Brown is proposing more than 8 billion dollars in cuts to close a widening budget deficit². The state faces a nearly 16-billion dollar gap that's far above the more than 9 billion dollars spread anticipated in January.

4. And Jay-Z is in a Philadelphia state of mind. The rapper has announced a two-day music festival in the city of Brotherly Love. The event will feature nearly 30 acts over Labor³ day weekend.

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1 rattling
adj. 格格作响的, 活泼的, 很好的 adv. 极其, 很, 非常动词rattle的现在分词
参考例句：
This book is a rattling good read. 这是一本非常好的读物。 At that same instant,a deafening explosion set the windows rattling. 正在这时，一声震耳欲聋的爆炸突然袭来，把窗玻璃震得当当地响。

2 deficit
n.亏空，亏损；赤字，逆差
参考例句：
The directors have reported a deficit of 2.5 million dollars.董事们报告赤字为250万美元。 We have a great deficit this year.我们今年有很大亏损。

3 labor
n.劳动，努力，工作，劳工；分娩；vi.劳动，努力，苦干；vt.详细分析；麻烦
参考例句：
We are never late in satisfying him for his labor.我们从不延误付给他劳动报酬。 He was completely spent after two weeks of hard labor.艰苦劳动两周后，他已经疲惫不堪了。